AWS high-performance database that's compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL but up to 5x faster. Like a race car version of a regular car - same controls, much better performance.
A financial trading platform uses Aurora to handle thousands of transactions per second with ultra-low latency.
Aurora is AWS’s managed relational database engine compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL. Closest managed equivalents are Azure Database for MySQL/PostgreSQL and GCP Cloud SQL for standard managed MySQL/PostgreSQL, while GCP AlloyDB is a closer performance-focused PostgreSQL option. For horizontally scalable, globally distributed relational workloads, Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL and GCP Spanner are alternative architectures (not drop-in MySQL/PostgreSQL). On OCI, MySQL HeatWave is the closest MySQL-family managed option, while Oracle Autonomous Database is a different engine with different compatibility.